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Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe

UN political chief to start four-nation East Asian visit in DPR Korea

31 January 2010
The top United Nations political official is set to kick off a four-nation visit to East Asia in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to a statement attributable to the spokesperson for the Secretary-General released today.
A family waits to be registered in a previous wave of displacement caused by conflict in North Kivu

UN assisting thousands uprooted by insecurity in eastern DR Congo

26 January 2010
The United Nations refugee agency said today it is assisting over 100,000 civilians who have fled eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent months due to the ongoing military offensive against Hutu militants and banditry by armed groups.
Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the DRC Alan Doss

DR Congo: UN official visits new military operation to ensure civilian protection

19 January 2010
The top United Nations official in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been visiting the war-torn east of the vast country for talks on reinforcing the protection of civilians within the context of a new anti-rebel operation launched by the national army with UN support.
Women and children find shelter in a village in the Republic of Congo after fleeing Equateur Province, DRC

UN agency begins registering over 100,000 people fleeing DR Congo clashes

15 January 2010
The United Nations refugee agency today began registering over 100,000 refugees who fled ethnic conflict in the Equateur province in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since November last year.
Women and children find shelter in a village in the Republic of Congo after fleeing Equateur Province, DRC

Massive refugee influx from DR Congo straining neighbours’ resources – UN

12 January 2010
A massive influx of 125,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into neighbouring Republic of Congo (ROC) and Central African Republic (CAR) after deadly ethnic clashes is severely stretching the meagre resources of the impoverished region, the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
Thomas Lubanga Dyilo

Use of child soldiers ‘particularly abusive,’ UN expert testifies

7 January 2010
Children cannot consent to their own exploitation, making the use of children in warfare “particularly abusive,” a top United Nations official said today at the trial of a Congolese warlord accused of enlisting child soldiers.
FARDC troops rest outside the MONUC Mobile Operating Base in North Kivu, DRC

DR Congo: UN support for army’s new anti-rebel offensive tied to protecting civilians

7 January 2010
A controversial United Nations-backed Government offensive against rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), during which Congolese soldiers are alleged to have committed massacres and gang-rape, has been replaced by a new UN-supported operation with a central focus on protecting civilians.
North Kivu - Nyamulagira volcano erupts

UN helping to monitor volcanic eruption in eastern DR Congo

4 January 2010
Following the eruption of a volcano in the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country is using its aviation force to help to keep a close eye on lava flow.